{"id":1369567,"date":"2022-03-10T15:26:04","date_gmt":"2022-03-10T20:26:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1369567"},"modified":"2022-03-10T15:26:07","modified_gmt":"2022-03-10T20:26:07","slug":"fact-check-did-lebron-james-call-for-a-barrier-to-be-placed-between-fans-and-players-to-stop-verbal-altercations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-lebron-james-call-for-a-barrier-to-be-placed-between-fans-and-players-to-stop-verbal-altercations\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Did LeBron James Call For A Barrier To Be Placed Between Fans And Players To Stop \u2018Verbal Altercations\u2019?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">40<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-did-lebron-james-call-for-a-barrier-to-be-placed-between-fans-and-players-to-stop-verbal-altercations%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1369567&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>An image <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/Tk6cH\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a> claims NBA player LeBron James called for a \u201csoundproof wall or something\u201d to be placed between players and fans to prevent verbal altercations.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Verdict: False<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The alleged quote stems from a satirical tweet. There is no evidence that James has advocated for a \u201csoundproof wall\u201d to be placed between players and fans.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Fact Check:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>James and a number of other Los Angeles Lakers players were involved in verbal altercations with fans during the team\u2019s Feb. 27 loss to the New Orleans Pelicans, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/extra-mustard\/2022\/02\/28\/lebron-james-lakers-players-exchange-words-fans-blowout-loss-pelicans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sports Illustrated<\/a> reported. Shortly after the game, an image began circulating on social media that quotes James as saying, \u201cThere needs to be a soundproof wall or something, I would even consider having no fans in the arena. Anything that will help us players avoid these verbal altercations, I just can\u2019t take it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The quote stems from a satirical tweet. The image featuring the alleged quote was originally <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DeionFibber\/status\/1498463391295418376\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweeted<\/a> by user @DeionFibber, a parody account with a bio that links to the satirical<span class=\"r-18u37iz\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BallsackSports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@BallsackSports<\/a> Twitter account. Ballsack Sports is a parody Twitter account that is known for publishing satirical quotes and stories about sports figures, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/posts\/who-is-ballsack-sports-01fw6n5x9n79\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Big Lead<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The statement featured in the Facebook post does not appear in any of James\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%22There%20needs%20to%20be%20a%20soundproof%20wall%20or%20something%22%20(from%3AKingJames)&#038;src=typed_query\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">social<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/kingjames\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">media<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile\/100044427126625\/search\/?q=%22There%20needs%20to%20be%20a%20soundproof%20wall%20or%20something%22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">posts<\/a>. There are likewise no credible news <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/search?query=lebron+james+soundproof+wall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reports<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/search\/_\/type\/articles\/q\/lebron%20james%20soundproof%20wall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">online<\/a> to corroborate the authenticity of the alleged quote. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2022\/01\/26\/fact-check-michael-jordan-lebron-james-goat-quote\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Did Michael Jordan Say LeBron James Is \u2018The GOAT In My Eyes\u2019?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>James stated that he responded to a spectator during the Feb. 27 game because the person was \u201ctelling me how to play basketball,\u201d according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/nba\/news\/36244\/12555397\/lebron-james-fans-can-boo-but-dont-tell-me-how-to-play-basketball\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sky Sports<\/a>. James claimed that while he had a history of verbally sparring with fans, he thought it was fine for people to cheer or boo, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"r-18u37iz\">This is not the first time a fake quote attributed to a basketball player has gone viral. Check Your Fact previously <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2022\/02\/21\/fact-check-kevin-garnett-nba-quote\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">debunked<\/a> a Facebook post that alleged former NBA player Kevin Garnett said, \u201cIf you can\u2019t win alone, you\u2019re considered a bum.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image shared on Facebook claims NBA player LeBron James called for a \u201csoundproof wall or something\u201d to be placed between players and fans to prevent verbal altercations.Verdict: False The<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1369567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1369567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1369567"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1369567\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1369567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1369567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1369567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}